His looks ruined, Chen Mo was too embarrassed to go see Nalan Yanran. He could only scurry back to his room to treat his face.
"Hiss, she really hit hard. She knew I hadn't used Dou Qi to defend myself."
Enduring the pain throughout his body, Chen Mo took out the Cauldron and prepared to refine a medicinal solution for external injuries.
A night passed.
At dawn, when Chen Mo went to look for Yun Yun,
the maid informed him that Sect Leader Yun had already returned to the Misty Cloud Sect.
He went to look for Nalan Yanran.
He discovered that she had returned to the Misty Cloud Sect with Yun Yun to make her final closed-door preparations for the Three-Year Agreement half a month away.
In the end, Chen Mo was left alone in the vast Imperial Capital.
"Ah, am I being left to fend for myself?" Chen Mo sighed, then said to the maid beside him, "Tell Ye Liangchen to come see me."
"Yes!" The maid withdrew.
A short while later, inside Chen Mo's room.
"Your subordinate, Ye Liangchen, pays respects to the Overall Pavilion Master." Ye Liangchen knelt on one knee and spoke respectfully.
After saying that, Ye Liangchen looked up and noticed Chen Mo's somewhat swollen face. He asked with concern, "Overall Pavilion Master, your face?"
"Ahem."
"Ye Liangchen, I have an arduous task to assign you. Are you confident you can complete it?" Chen Mo coughed dryly, then said in a grave voice.
"Yes. I would brave fire and water for the Pavilion Master and never shrink from death." Ye Liangchen answered almost without thinking. For a lowly mercenary like him, being able to join Lingyan Pavilion and live in the magnificent Nalan Manor was already an honor.
What was more, as the Overall